diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/TApplicationException.cs b/lib/csharp/src/TApplicationException.cs
index e9d200a..4248664 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/src/TApplicationException.cs
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/TApplicationException.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 		public static TApplicationException Read(TProtocol iprot)
 		{
 			TField field;
-			TStruct struc = iprot.ReadStructBegin();
 
 			string message = null;
 			ExceptionType type = ExceptionType.Unknown;